Judgement for the case Grant v Australian Knitting Mills. P contracted a disease due to a woollen jumper that contained excess sulphur and had been negligently manufactured. Privy Council allowed a claim in negligence against the manufacturer, D. Lord Wright: Tortious liability of the manufacturer is unaffected by contracts or who owns the ...

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Lord Wright:- The appellant is a fully qualified medical man practising at Adelaide in South Australia. He brought his action against the respondents, claiming damages on the ground that he had contracted dermatitis by reason of the improper condition of underwear purchased by him from the respondents, John Martin & Co., Ltd., and manufactured by the respondents, the Australian Knitting Mills ...

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Grant v Australian Knitting Mills: PC 21 Oct 1935. (Australia) The Board considered how a duty of care may be established: 'All that is necessary as a step to establish a tort of actionable negligence is define the precise relationship from which the duty to take care is deduced. It is, however, essential in English law that the duty should ...

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Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant. [1933] HCA 35; 50 CLR 387; [1933] 39 ALR 453. Date: 18 August 1933. Catchwords: Tort—Manufacturer of goods—Liability for damage caused by goods purchased through retailer. Cited by: 62 cases. Legislation cited:

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Application: From the case Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills ([1936] A.C. 562); It is held that breach of implied condition of fitness for purpose can be prosecuted. In this case the underwear produced by Australian Knitting Mills had too much chemical content which is not fitting the purpose of the underwear hence they were liable to Grant.

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Lord Wright:- The appellant is a fully qualified medical man practising at Adelaide in South Australia. He brought his action against the respondents, claiming damages on the ground that he had contracted dermatitis by reason of the improper condition of underwear purchased by him from the respondents, John Martin & Co., Ltd., and manufactured by the respondents, the Australian Knitting Mills ...

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Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd 1936 AC 85 PC Facts . Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd 1936 AC 85 PC Facts Dr Grant was a medical practitioner in Adelaide South Australia Dr Grant bought a pair of long woolen underpants from a retailer the respondents being the manufacturers The underpants contained an excess of sulphite which was a chemical used in their manufacture This chemical ...

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Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85. Key points. Manufacturers are liable in negligence for injury caused to the ultimate consumer by latent defects in their products. The mere unproven possibility of tampering by a third party between the time at which a product was shipped by a manufacturer and the time at which it reached the ...

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Grant v Australian Knitting Mills, is a landmark case in consumer and negligence law from 1935, holding that where a manufacturer knows that a consumer may be injured if the manufacturer does not take reasonable care, the manufacturer owes a duty to the consumer to take that reasonable care. It continues to be cited as an authority in legal cases, and used as an example for students studying law.

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In Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd case, Dr Grant, the plaintiff had bought an undergarment from a retailer. The undergarment is manufactured by the defendant, Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. Dr Grant was contracted dermatitis. The undergarment was in a defective condition owing to the presence of excess of sulphite.

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Case 6: Grant v Australian Knitting Mills (1936) – Itchy Undies (duty extended) The concepts of D v S were further expanded in Grant v AKM. In this case the manufacturers failed to remove a chemical irritant from their woollen underwear. Grant upon wearing the …

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Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 – Charter Party Casebook. 403. Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85. By michael Posted on September 3, 2013 Uncategorized. Product liability – retailers and manufacturers held liable for skin irritation caused by knitted garment.

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Richard Thorold Grant Appellant v. Australian Knitting Mills, Limited, and others Respondents FROM THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. JUDGMENT OF THE LORDS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, delivered the 21ST OCTOBER, 1935. Present at the Hearing: THE LORD CHANCELLOR (VISCOUNT HAILSHAM) LORD BLANESBURGH LORD MACMILLAN LORD …

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GRANT v AUSTRALIAN KNITTING MILLS, LTD [1936] AC 85, PC The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The procedural history of the case: the Supreme Court of South Australia, the High Court of Australia. Judges: Viscount Hailsham L.C., Lord Blanksnurgh, Lord Macmillan, Lord Wright and Sir Lancelot Sandreson. The appellant: Richard Thorold Grant

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